Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–26 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	1,084 (22.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi; (24 goals)
Best player	Roser Tarragó
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships was held from 14 to 26 July.^[1]

The United States captured their sixth overall title after defeating Spain in the final, while Australia won against Hungary to win the bronze medal.^[2]

Participating teams

Africa

South Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Draw

The draw was held on 7 April 2019.^[3]

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 6 February 2019.^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States Russia Spain Australia	Netherlands China Greece Canada	Cuba Hungary Italy New Zealand	Kazakhstan South Korea Japan South Africa

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	60	13	+47	6	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	57	18	+39	4	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	26	41	−15	2	Playoffs
4	South Africa	3	0	3	5	76	−71	0

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 July 2019 08:30	Report^{[dead link]}	South Africa	0–33	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–10, 0–9, 0–7
			Goals	Van de Kraats 7

14 July 2019 09:50	Report^{[dead link]}	New Zealand	3–22	United States	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–4, 0–6, 2–4
		Doyle 2	Goals	Haralabidis 5

16 July 2019 19:10	Report^{[dead link]}	United States	12–9	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 4–3, 4–2
		Gilchrist, Musselman 3	Goals	Keuning 2

16 July 2019 20:30	Report^{[dead link]}	South Africa	4–17	New Zealand	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–2, 2–6, 2–3
		Hallendorff 2	Goals	Doyle, McDowall 4

18 July 2019 16:30	Report^{[dead link]}	South Africa	1–26	United States	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), An Jin-yong (KOR)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–8, 0–6, 0–5
		Meecham 1	Goals	Musselman 5

18 July 2019 17:50	Report^{[dead link]}	New Zealand	6–15	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 1–4, 2–5
		McDowall 3	Goals	Megens 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	65	23	+42	6	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	1	91	31	+60	4	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	2	46	35	+11	2	Playoffs
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	3	3	116	−113	0

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

14 July 2019 11:10	Report^{[dead link]}	Canada	10–18	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–5, 4–5, 3–6
		Christmas 3	Goals	Prokofyeva 3

14 July 2019 12:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Hungary	64–0	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 16–0, 18–0, 16–0, 14–0
		Parkes 11	Goals

16 July 2019 08:30	Report^{[dead link]}	South Korea	1–30	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–9, 0–8, 1–6
		Kyung 1	Goals	ten players 3

16 July 2019 09:50	Report^{[dead link]}	Canada	14–15	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–5, 3–5, 5–2
		Fournier, E. Wright 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 7

18 July 2019 19:10	Report^{[dead link]}	Canada	22–2	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 6–0, 6–0, 5–2
		Christmas, E. Wright 3	Goals	Kyung, Lee J. 1

18 July 2019 20:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Hungary	12–17	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 3–5, 1–2, 4–4
		Vályi 4	Goals	Bersneva 4

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	51	16	+35	6	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	1	37	25	+12	4	Playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	22	37	−15	2	Playoffs
4	Cuba	3	0	3	16	48	−32	0

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 July 2019 16:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Cuba	6–9	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–1, 2–4, 1–3
		Chávez 2	Goals	Myrzabekova 3

14 July 2019 17:50	Report^{[dead link]}	Greece	4–14	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–2, 0–3, 1–3
		four players 1	Goals	Tarragó 6

16 July 2019 11:10	Report^{[dead link]}	Spain	18–6	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 7–3, 3–1, 5–1
		three players 3	Goals	Mirshina, Yeremina 2

16 July 2019 12:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Cuba	4–20	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–6, 0–5, 1–4
		Carrasco 2	Goals	Avramidou 6

18 July 2019 08:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Cuba	6–19	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–6, 4–3, 1–3
		Bernal 3	Goals	García, Ortiz 4

18 July 2019 09:50	Report^{[dead link]}	Greece	13–7	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–1, 1–3, 4–2
		Xenaki 3	Goals	Zakirova 3

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	33	22	+11	6	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	32	29	+3	4	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	2	26	34	−8	2	Playoffs
4	Japan	3	0	3	20	26	−6	0

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 July 2019 19:10	Report^{[dead link]}	Japan	6–8	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 2–4, 1–2
		Arima 3	Goals	Chen, Wang X. 2

14 July 2019 20:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Italy	10–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–2, 3–3, 1–4
		Garibotti 3	Goals	Webster 4

16 July 2019 16:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Australia	14–12	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–3, 3–3, 2–2
		Gofers, Webster 3	Goals	Zhao 4

16 July 2019 17:50	Report^{[dead link]}	Japan	7–9	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Arima 3	Goals	Bianconi 5

18 July 2019 11:10	Report^{[dead link]}	Japan	7–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 1–2, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	Buckling 3

18 July 2019 12:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Italy	14–6	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–1, 4–2, 2–2
		Garibotti, Tabani 3	Goals	Xiong 2

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

22 July

United States

15

20 July

Greece

5

Greece

12

24 July

China

8

United States

7

Australia

2

22 July

Russia

7

20 July

Australia

9

Kazakhstan

3

26 July

Australia

13

United States

11

Spain

6

22 July

Spain

12

20 July

Netherlands

8

Netherlands

5

24 July

Canada

4

Spain

16

Hungary

10

Third place game

22 July

26 July

Italy

6

Australia

10

20 July

Hungary

7

Hungary

9

New Zealand

6

Hungary

17

5th place bracket

5th–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

24 July

Greece	4
		26 July
Russia	13
		Russia	10
24 July
		Italy	9
Netherlands	5

Italy	10
		Seventh place game

		26 July

		Greece	9

		Netherlands	11

9th place bracket

9th–12th place semifinals		Ninth place game

22 July

Canada (PSO)	17
		24 July
China	16
		Canada	24
22 July
		Kazakhstan	7
New Zealand	12

Kazakhstan (PSO)	14
		Eleventh place game

		24 July

		China	14

		New Zealand	12

13th place bracket

13th–16th place semifinals		13th place game

20 July

South Africa	26
		22 July
South Korea	3
		South Africa	2
20 July
		Japan	21
Cuba	9

Japan	21
		15th place game

		22 July

		South Korea	0

		Cuba	30

Playoffs

20 July 2019 14:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Netherlands	5–4	Canada	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 4–2, 0–1, 1–1
		Megens 2	Goals	E. Wright 2

20 July 2019 15:30	Report^{[dead link]}	New Zealand	6–17	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Juan Menéndez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 1–4, 2–5
		Houghton, McDowall 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 4

20 July 2019 17:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Greece	12–8	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 4–4, 2–1
		Plevritou 3	Goals	Zhao 4

20 July 2019 18:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Kazakhstan	3–13	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–2, 2–3, 0–4
		Myrzabekova 2	Goals	Halligan 4

Quarterfinals

22 July 2019 14:00	Report^{[dead link]}	United States	15–5	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–2, 2–2, 5–1
		Musselman 4	Goals	Eleftheriadou, Xenaki 2

22 July 2019 15:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Russia	7–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 3–2, 3–3
		Karimova 2	Goals	Webster 3

22 July 2019 17:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Spain	12–8	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–3, 2–1, 2–3
		A. Espar, García 4	Goals	van der Sloot 3

22 July 2019 18:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Italy	6–7	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 1–1, 1–1
		six players 1	Goals	Gurisatti, Leimeter 2

13th–16th place semifinals

20 July 2019 10:30	Report^{[dead link]}	South Africa	26–3	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Kunihiro Sato (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 4–0, 7–1, 8–1
		three players 4	Goals	three players 1

20 July 2019 12:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Cuba	9–21	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 2–6, 2–4, 2–5
		Bernal 3	Goals	Arima 5

9th–12th place semifinals

22 July 2019 11:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Canada	17–16	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–4, 1–1, 2–1 PSO: 7–6
		Christmas 3	Goals	Zhang 4

22 July 2019 12:30	Report^{[dead link]}	New Zealand	12–14	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 2–0, 2–2 PSO: 2–4
		Doyle 4	Goals	Mirshina 4

5th–8th place semifinals

24 July 2019 14:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Greece	4–13	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–2, 2–4, 1–5
		Plevritou 2	Goals	Bersneva, Karimova 3

24 July 2019 15:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Netherlands	5–10	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 1–2, 1–2
		Megens 3	Goals	Avegno 4

Semifinals

24 July 2019 17:00	Report^{[dead link]}	United States	7–2	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–0, 1–1, 1–1
		three players 2	Goals	Halligan, Webster 1

24 July 2019 18:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Spain	16–10	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–5, 4–1, 2–1
		Tarragó, Forca 4	Goals	Leimeter 4

15th place game

22 July 2019 08:00	Report^{[dead link]}	South Korea	0–30	Cuba	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 0–9, 0–6, 0–7
			Goals	four players 5

13th place game

22 July 2019 09:30	Report^{[dead link]}	South Africa	2–21	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–4, 1–6, 0–7
		Moir, Hallendorff 1	Goals	Arima 5

Eleventh place game

24 July 2019 09:30	Report^{[dead link]}	China	14–12	New Zealand	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 4–2, 3–6
		Zhang J 3	Goals	McDowall, Houghton 4

Ninth place game

24 July 2019 11:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Canada	24–7	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 7–3, 5–1, 4–1, 8–2
		Békhazi 5	Goals	Roga, Mirshina 2

Seventh place game

26 July 2019 14:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Greece	9–11	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–5, 6–4, 0–1
		Kotsia 3	Goals	Megens, Keuning 3

Fifth place game

26 July 2019 15:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Russia	10–9	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 5–2, 1–2
		three players 2	Goals	Bianconi, Chiappini 3

Bronze Medal match

26 July 2019 17:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Australia	10–9	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Arancini 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 3

Gold Medal match

26 July 2019 18:30	Report^{[dead link]}	United States	11–6	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 4–0, 2–3
		Neushul 3	Goals	Tarragó 3

Final standing

	Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games
	Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games as winner of 2019 World League

Rank^[1]	Team
	United States
	Spain
	Australia
4	Hungary
5	Russia
6	Italy
7	Netherlands
8	Greece
9	Canada
10	Kazakhstan
11	China
12	New Zealand
13	Japan
14	South Africa
15	Cuba
16	South Korea

2019 Women's Water Polo World champions
United States Sixth title

Team roster

Amanda Longan, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Stephania Haralabidis, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Ashleigh Johnson.^[1] Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Goals^[5]	Shots	%
1	Rita Keszthelyi	24	55	44
2	Maud Megens	20	42	48
3	Yumi Arima	18	41	44
3	Gréta Gurisatti	18	27	67
5	Morgan McDowall	17	32	53
6	Bernadette Doyle	16	32	50
	Dorottya Szilágyi	16	35	46
	Roser Tarragó	16	32	50
9	Rebecca Parkes	15	22	68
9	Emma Wright	15	36	42

Awards

The awards and all-star team were announced on 26 July 2019.^[2]^[6]

Most Valuable Player

Roser Tarragó

Most Valuable Goalkeeper

Laura Ester

Highest Goalscorer

Rita Keszthelyi – 24 goals

Media All-Star Team

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Day 7: Women's Water Polo: USA shoots down Spain for historic sixth crown". fina.org. 26 July 2019.
^ "World famous sporting greats conducted the WP draw for the World Championships in Zagreb". fina.org. 7 April 2019.
^ "Gwangju 2019 water polo tournament: 32 teams qualified". fina.org. 6 February 2019.
^ "Top scorers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
^ "Team USA makes history winning third straight world title". TotalWaterPolo. 26 July 2019.

External links

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[Final-2] "Day 7: Women's Water Polo: USA shoots down Spain for historic sixth crown". fina.org. 26 July 2019.

[3] "World famous sporting greats conducted the WP draw for the World Championships in Zagreb". fina.org. 7 April 2019.

[4] "Gwangju 2019 water polo tournament: 32 teams qualified". fina.org. 6 February 2019.

[5] "Top scorers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.

[6] "Team USA makes history winning third straight world title". TotalWaterPolo. 26 July 2019.

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